Christmas-tree holder.



L, A vL. NORMAN.

CHRISTMAS TREE HOLDER.

APPLICAVTIDN FILED FEB. H), 1917.

Patented Fab. 5, 1918.

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To all 'io/"zam it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUDWIG NORMAN, acitizen of the United States, resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Christmas-Tree l-lolders; and l declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the ,same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of the invention. Fig. Qais a plan view of the same. rlhe invention has relation to upright staff f or Christmas tree holders, having tor its object to provide a simple device for the purpose that will accommodate trees having stems of various sizes, and that will hold the trees lsecurely in upright position Theinvention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafte' set fortln In the accompanying drawings illustratl ing the invention, the numeral 2 designates a bas or support, consisting of two horizontal bars or arms 3, 3, crossing each other at vright langles one superposed upon and located in a plane above the other and suits ably fastened together, said arms having usually at the outer ends thereoit` foot blocks '4, to raise the' same from the ground or Hoor.

Secured centrally to the base is an upright member 5, having a vertical recess 6 in its inner face, said member consisting of two vertical bars 7, intersecting' at right angles, resting upon the upper of said crossarms and having depending legs 7, straddling the same and resting upon the lowerl crossarm, securing screws 8, extending through said depending legs at right angles thereto and to said bars and engaging the upper cross arm.

The lower end of the stem or trunlr of the tree is placed in the vertical recess of the upright bars, the bottom of the tree resting upon the top of the upper cross bar, and in order to hold the tree stem securely in said recess, au inclined strut or vclamp member lil is pirated at its lower end at lit., within lpeclication of Letters Patent.

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a slot 12 ot the upper cross arm and at its upper end bears against the trunk ot the tree, said member havingr means for adjustm ing the same, consisting of an inclined upright bolt 14e, seated at its lower end in the upper cross arm and at its upper end en` gagging a slot l5 ont the strut, a thumb nut i6 1ngaging the threaded upper end ot .said

The inclination of the bolt lll is opposite to that ofand nearly at right-angles with relation to the strut l0, and upon adjustment oit' the thumb nut, the stein ot the tree is easily and quickly secured in upright position, and as conveniently released, the ,lstrut member actingas a lever and being? at its upper end forced strongly against tlie stem to clamp it in upright position. ll claim: f i

ln a Christmas tree holder, a base consisting of horizontal cross arms intersecting at right-angles and one superposed upon and located'iu a plane above the other, an upright member having a wedge-form recess and consisting of' two vertical bars inten secting at right-angles, restina,n upon the upper or'said cross arms and having de pending legs straddling the saine and rest-` `strut thel lower end ot' which ts within said titl slot and the upper end of which has adi justable sliding engagement with the trunk of a tree located in the recess et the upright member, through said upper arm at the slotted part thereof and through the lower end ot said strut, the latter having.;l a slot, and an oblique bolt carried by said upper arm and extending upwardly and at about right-angles to said strut and engaging the slot thereof, and a nu threaded upon the 'upper end of said oblique bolt and engaging said strut.

ln testimony whereof l atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUDWIG? blt'll'tltflitlil". Witnesses:

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